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Golds were won in a range of sports including canoe slalom, artistic gymnastics, hockey, golf and tennis, as well as Team GB’ big strengths like rowing, sailing and cycling.

There was phenomenal success for athletes from Berkshire with University of Reading graduate Alex Gregory winning gold in the mens’ coxless fours rowing and Brimpton’s Spencer Wilton won silver in the team dressage.

Reading Hockey players Kate Richardson-Walsh, Helen Richardson-Walsh and Alex Danson were part of the women’s hockey team who sensationally won gold on Friday evening after beating Holland in a penalty shoot-out.

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Spare a thought for swimmer Andrew Willis, who has done many lengths in the pool at Bracknell Leisure Centre for Bracknell and Wokingham Swimming Club, after he missed out a medal by a mere 0.08 seconds.

He finished fourth in the men’s 200m breaststroke final and finished in fourth position in 2:07.78 minutes.

And Amber Hill, who turned 19 on the last day of the games, wasn't able to bring a medal home to Binfield after narrowly missing out on a spot in the bronze medal shootoff.

Rio 2016 facts

There were 92 medals in total on board, weighing a total of 7.2 stone or 46 kilos

The plans was named “victoRIOus after a public vote

The plane also contains some of the athletes’ equipment, including bicycles, javelins, a laser pistol and even a sail measuring 6.7 metres

The plane carried 320 athletes and support staff , and around two and a half tonnes of luggage.

The journey back from Rio took over 11 hours.

The athletes tucked in to a three-course Brazilian influenced menu including Gaucho-style beef tenderloin with kale and tomato, Grilled salmon and ginger-infused noodle salad, chicken in a white wine sauce, thai fish curry and chicken with polenta au gratin.

The aircraft is a Boeing 747 and measures 70.9 metres in length, 19.4 metres in height and has a wingspan of 64.4 metres. It travels at 988 km per hour and has a range of 13,450km.